Inkstand and pen-rack



UNITED STATES PAT-ENT OFFICE.

SYLVENUS WALKER, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS. v

INKSTAND AND PEN-RACK.

Specication forming part of Letters Patent N0. 37,313, dated January 6,1863; aniedated July 6, 1862.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SYLvENUs WALKER, of Boston, in the county of Suffolkand State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and Improved Inkstandand Pen-Rack Combined; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, making apart of this specification, in Which-Figure 1 represents my invention by a perspective view. Fig. 2 is avertical central section, a: w of Fig. l indicating the plane ofsection. Fig. 3 is a similar view of my invention in a position forfilling.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the severalgures.

The object of this invention is to obtain a simple, unique, andeconomical device that will serve as an inkst-and and pen rack comybined.

To enable others skilled in the art to fully understand my invention, Iwill proceed to describe it.

A represents the dipping-cup, of circular form, and B a reservoir of aninkstand formed wholly of glass. The reservoir, which is on top and atthe back of the dipping cup, is of hexagonal shape and ofgraduallytaperin g form toward the top, where it terminates in threehorizontal and parallel grooves, a b c, the middle groove being abovethe other two and bisecting the reservoir in a line parallel with thefront face of the same, forming a conv venient pen-rack, as shownclearly in Fig. l, capable of holding three pens at a time, andadmitting of either one being removed and replaced wit-hot liability ofdisplacing the others. The dipping cup in front of the reservoir hasprojecting from it a small neck, C, which is of spherical form on topand has an aperture, e, in the front side of it, which serves as thedipping-place for the pen, and also as the mouth or orifice to iill thereservoir. The neck ofthe dipping-place is arranged entirely within thecircumference of the dippingcup,

and at its top and back side is brought over the aperture in the form ofa hood, f, as shown in Figs. l and 2, to facilitate the operation oflling the reservoir and dipping-cup. (Shown in Fig. 3 in a position forbeing lled.) The neck C is straight up in front and extends a shortdistance above the upper surface of the` dipping-cup. The ink isprevented from overflowing this neck by the pressure of the atmosphereupon it, precisely the same asin the ordinary atmospheric inkstand. Thebottom E of the dipping-cup is convex on its inner side to prevent thepen from being dipped too far into the ink when put in at any angle,thus obviating an objection to all other Vatmospheric inkstands. l

One advantage possessed by this invention over others of a similarcharacter is that the inkstand can be blown Ainto theJ proper shape toform a pen-rack and inkstand combined, only requiring a little grindingat the mouth of the neck to be ready for the market, thus greatlyreducing the cost of manufacture and making a stronger andbetter-finished article.

The pen-rack at the top is a great convenience and answers precisely aswell as the metal appendages hitherto used for the purpose, and whichappreciably augment the cost of an inkstand.

The invention is admirably adapted for schools.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A fountaininkstand and penrack combined, all made of one piece ofglass.

2. In combination therewith, the horizontal grooves at b c, reservoir B,dipping-cup A, convex bottom E, neck O, aperture e, and hoodf, whencombined and arranged as described, for the purposes set forth.

SYLVENUS WALKER.

Witnesses:

L. L. HEMINWAY, BENJAMIN F. BROWN.

